Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-01-12

the crew could be plainly seen signaling
for assistance. When the lifeboat was
ready the inspector insisted upon going
with the crew. He took his seat, and
when the boat reached the wreck he went
down into the cabin to see If there waa
any one below. In the hurry and struggle
lthe lifeboat left the wreck with the crew
and it was not until they had landed thai
the absence of the inspector was discov|
ered.. "a.
at so happened that the lifeboat had
been injured and would require some timd
for repairs. 1t was winter, and they fear
ed the inspector would freeze or be drown
ed when the wreck broke up. Meanwhile
the man on the wreck came on deck an.
found the boat had left him. He wal
trying to devise some means of get
ting to land when he heard dog whinl
ing in the forward part of the wreck. A
the risk Of being washed away he wen
forward and lOosed those two dogs yej
see following himnQW land as he was sig
nailed by the station people to wait unit
the boat returned he got the dogs back ID
the cabin and laid down with them, and
in that way prevented being frozen &
death. 1t took two hours to fix the boat
and when he got ashore the captain of th|
wrecked schooner made him present d
the dogs, that have followed him eve
since. Chicago Meaos. @
CURIOSITIES OF ICE.
Some years ago, neighbor brought L
the writer's study a cake of ice which h|
had cut from water pail. Its top wa
like all such pieces of ice, but it had
horn of ice growing from it,sand turninI
it over, the under side showed that tth|
horn was hollow, and was filled with wa
ter when the cake formed. 1tWas brouglH
as a "freak of nature" but careful ex
animation showed how the horn wa
formed. The pail of water stoodein,-
chair near stove, while the horn pointe
directly towards small hole in the wa
opposite. A current of air had sWep
across the pail and so weakened the i'd
at that point, that in expanding it hal
burst at its weakest point.
Ice is a crystal, or better, great mass
crystals. The little bits of Ice grow I'd
fgether in one definite form, that of tn
six pointed star. Acomplete crystal is
beautiful star, But most crystals are yer
incomplete, being broken up, or else sey
eral frozen together into. asinSie mas
The form of these crystals can b6 re&1lil
seen by looking at a pane 0f giasa on
frosty morning, or by catcIiing q Few 3AfH
fakes upon a fur collar. 81 1Ss
Now, snow crystals are not simply mas
es of frozen water-they are much lei
solid. They are formed when yapor col
denses in the upper regions of air, mud
as dew is formed upon the eafth's surfac'
and they are frozen directly from the VI
i por. Many reasons tend to show that d
the light, feecy clouds, seen at gre3
heights, consist of these snow masses sti
floating in the air. So if any cold objeI
is placed before the vapor, a mass of snoI
forms upon it. A board before an el
gine's escape pipe on cold day soon bl
comes coated with snow or frost, and til
layer grows as long as it continues coll
The ice often forms long spikes, all p0in|
ing towards the escaping steam and groy
ing towards it. Such masses of ice f0rI,
ed upon posts and stones on top off Mou1
Washington, in New Hampshire, son
years since, four feet hing. A. stror
northwest wind was blowing at tie tin
and the air was rernark ably damp SOD
4 after it cofnmenend eWefy al heQAn|
coated with Ice, and on alE tie more pFpr
inent points c,ntinHed Id grow for deSs.
The beautffuI coatitgs OF ice whichEol
\ fer trees and Nushesin the winter are forr
a ed daeaTfy eame way. They come wha
Il the bushes and trees are cold, while Il
y Air is little warmer and full of moistur
a Then the branches and tWigs quick
a coat, the frost often accumulating unt
\ the tree carries load OF tons. THOUSAND
z Of forest and ornamental trees were br
Iken last spring in the Eastern States,
such a load of ice. Though called an
storm it differed from many other storn
only in its greater severity and long,
duration.
Perhpas the greatest curiosity in "a
way of ice formation ever known was Il
loading of the telegraph wires in Siber
few winters ago. Such an ice storm
Cured there, and the wires were all Goa
ed. Then rain followed, and long icicl
were formed, hanging from the wire
Soon the sun came out and melted tl
ice on top of the wires so that the icstprt
ed around the wires, making the icicY
point upwards like the teeth of a cos
Then the ice again froze to the wires, al
there it remained for several days, uni
finally strong wind shook the ice d
All these curious forms result from diffa
ent conditions of ensatien.-LeROy
Griffin, in Chicago Current.
QUAKER SHOPKEEPERS. T
A cause which brought.much suHeri1
on the quiet people must not be omitted
their founder insisted on the strictest ho
II